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226 CHAPTER X RECENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS THE rather remarkable expansion which has just been described, bringing with it many new duties and responsibilities for nurses, created a demand for a much sounder and broader training than had originally been considered ne- ^j^g cessary for the simple bedside care of preparation the sick. It was perfectly evident that, of nurses -r 4. ^ ^t. for these nurses were to meet these new obli- varied fields gations in any satisfactory way, they o service needed to have something more than the ordinary practical training was prepared to offer. As long as twenty-five or thirty years ago, it is evident that some, at least, of the leaders in the nursing profession were beginning to think about a more advanced type of training for nurses and were beginning to utilize some of the oppor- tunities which were then available in connection with the higher institutions of learning. The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, founded 226